The Pentagon Papers

Forty years ago, in 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked a secret Pentagon study of the Vietnam War to the New York Times. The government brought an injunction against the Times, and Ellsberg was indicted on charges of stealing and holding secret documents.

Pentagon Papers Declassification in the News

An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States.